Hose-supporter.



PATBNTBD AUG. 29, 1905.

D. BASGH.

HOSE SUPPORTBR.

APPLICATION FILED APB.28.1904.

INVENTOR hATTORNEY WITNESSES UNITED STATES DAVID BASCH, OF NEW YORK, N.Y.

HOSE-SUPPORTER- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 29, 1905.

Application filed April 28, 1904' Serial N0- 205,304.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, DAVID BASGH, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at New York city, county and State of New York,haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Hose-Supporters, ofwhich the following is a specification, reference being had der thetwo-piece abdominal pad as flat as.

possible, as any tendency to bulkiness at the point at which thesedevices are employed is exceedingly objectionable, and to this end Iemploy such fastening devices as will permit the edges of the two padportions to abut instead of overlap, the fastening devices themselvesbeing of a minimum thickness.

Further objects of my invention are certain improvements in thefastening devices, such as render them easy, simple, and inexpensive ofmanufacture, easily removable, yet not liable to become accidentallydisassembled, easy of attachment to the fabric forming the pad, and thearrangement and construction of parts whereby the several fastenerspermit a hinge-like movement, so as to give perfect flexibility upon theperson of the wearer.

I will now proceed to describe a garmentsupporter embodying my inventionand will then point out the novel features in claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front view of a garment-supporterembodying my invention with the two portions of the abdominal padconnected together. Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional view through the padof one of the fastening devices, the plane of section beingsubstantially upon the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail detachedview in perspective of one form of fastening device employed, the twomembers thereof assembled in engagement with each other. Fig. 4 is asimilar view with the two members of the fastening device out ofengagement with each other, but in a position ready to be engaged. Fig.5 is a detail view. in transverse section, of the fastening devicepartially assembled. Fig. 6 is a detail end View of the device lookingupward thereat.

I The garment-supporter comprises a twopiece abdominal pad 1 2,supporting-straps 3 3 therefor, fastening devices 4, and hosesupportingstraps 5 5. The pad 1 2 as a whole is of the usual form of abdominal padcommonly employed in garment-supporters of this type. It is formed intwo parts, however, for convenience of the wearer, this especially inview of the preferred form of supporting-straps 3 3 employed, which havehookshape end portions 6 6, adapted to engage the rear laced portion ofa corset, as fully set forth in my former patent, N 0. 746,660, ofDecember 15, 1903. Other forms of supporting device may of course beemployed, if desired; but where this or similar form of supportingdevice is employed the two-piece pad is particularly advantageous, as itenables a wearer by merely unfastening the two portions of the abdominalpad to remove the corsets without removing the garment -supportertherefrom.

In the form of fasteners herein illustrated one member 7 namely, thatmember secured to the pad portion 2comprises a plate 8, having holestherein by which it may be sewed or eyeleted to the fabric and a curvedsocket 9. The member 10 comprisesa plate portion 11, provided with holesby which it may be sewed or eyeleted to the pad portion 1 and a shank12, arranged to fit and be received by the socket 9. As shown in Figs. 1and 2, the members 10 and 7 are arranged to be secured near the edges ofthe pad portions 1 and 2, so that the pad portions when secured togethersubstantially meet or shut, but do not overlap. The plate portions 11and 8 will be seen to be very thin indeed, and hence add almost nothickness whatever to the fabric of which the pad is composed, while theshank 12 and socket 9 are arranged at the joint or between the edges ofthe pad portions 1 and 2, and that the socket is substantially flushwith the outer surfaces of the pad-sections, so that they addpractically nothing to the bulk of the device.

By reason of the foregoing this two-piece pad has practically no morebulk than a one-piece pad, and yet it may be readily taken apart forconvenience, thereby having great advantage over the one-piece pad. Itwill be seen by an examination of Fig. 1 that the shanks 12 and sockets9 of each fastener are arranged longitudinally in line with each other.By this arrangement the three fasteners form, in effect, hinges whichpermit free movement transverse of the plane of the pad. This givesperfect flexibility, as is desirable.

. In order to prevent the fasteners accidentally coming undone from anycause, I have provided means whereby they must be moved to a certainposition before they can be taken apart. Such means in this instancecomprises a projection 13, with which the shank 12 of the fasteningmembers 11 is provided, such projection causing the shank at this pointto be of greater diameter than the inner diameter of the socket 9. Thesocket 9 is then provided with an open space or recess 14:, convenientlyformed between the inner edge of the bentover portion of the plateforming the socket 9 and the plate portion 8 thereof,'so that in orderthat the members 10 and 7 may be assembled they must be so turned as tobring the projection 13 opposite the recess or chan-.

nel 14. They are shown in this position in Fig. 5 of the drawings, andit will be seen that in such position they may be readily put togetherand drawn apart. After they are assembled they may be turned freely,because the length of the shank 12 is such as to bring the projection 13below thelower edge of the socket 9. When turned in the ordinary position for wearing, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 6, the members cannotaccidentally come apart, because the projection 13 will be stopped bycoming in contact with the lower edge of the socket 9. To be unfastened,the two members of this device must be moved to a predeterminedposition, and this predetermined position is a position to which it isalmost impossible to accidentally move them.

It is a distinct advantage to have the engaging elements of thefasteners between the adjacent edges of the pad-sections andsubstantially flush with the outer surface of the pad for the reasonthat such fasteners do not then present any projecting sharp edges whichmight cut or abrade the fabric of a garment Worn over the pad.

What I claim is 1. In a garment-supporter, the combination with anabdominal pad composed of two separate and separable portions,supportingmeans therefor, and hose-supporting straps secured thereto, of metallicfastening devices secured to the pad portions in proximity to theiradjacent edges, the said fastening devices com-- prising means arrangedto be engaged by relative movement in a direction parallel to the adacent edges of the pad portions, and

therefor, and hose-supporting straps secured I thereto, of fasteningdevices secured to the pad portions with their engaging elementsarranged beyond the edges of the pad portions, whereby, upon engagement,the pad portions are secured together in substantially abuttingrelation, the engaging elements of said fastening devices lying betweenthe edges substantially flush with the outer surface of the pad andprovided with locking means for preventing their accidentaldisplacement.

3. In a garmentsupporter,the combination with an abdominal pad formed oftwo sepa rate and separable portions, supporting means therefor, andhose-supporting straps secured thereto, of fastening devices secured tothe pad portions with their engaging elements arranged beyond the edgesof the pad portions, whereby, upon engagement, the pad portions aresecured together in substantially abutting relation, the engagingelements of said fastening devices lying between said edgessubstantially flush with the outer surface of the pad and having meanswhereby they are adapted to engage and disengage each other in apredetermined position, and are prevented from accidental disengagementin any other positions.

4:. In a garment-supporter, the combination with an abdominal pad formedof two separate and separable portions, supporting means therefor, andhose-supporting straps secured thereto, of fastening devices comprisingmetallic members secured to the pad portions,

lone member provided with a substantially cylindrical socket arrangedlongitudinally beyond the edge of one of the pad portions, and the othermember provided with a shank longitudinally arranged beyond the edge ofthe other pad portion, and fitted to the socket portion of the othermember, and said socket lying between said edges substantially flushwith the outer surface of the pad.

5. In a garment-supporter, the combination with an abdominalpad formedof two separate and separable portions, supporting means therefor, andhose-supporting straps secured thereto, of fastening devices comprisingmetallic members secured to the pad portions,

.one member provided with a substantially cylindrical socket arrangedparallel to and beyond the edge of one of the pad portions andsubstantially flush with the outer surface thereof, and the other memberprovided with a shank arranged beyond and parallel to the fromaccidental disengagement in others than the said predetermined position.

DAVID BASCH.

Witnesses:

. D. HOWARD HAYWOOD,

(J. F. CARRINGTON.

